PSM 04 - Goehr, Knussen, Bainbridge
Nicholas Collon conducts the BCMG. Goehr: ... a musical offering (JSB 1985)... Knussen: Ophelia Dances; Ophelia's Last Dance. Simon Bainbridge: The Garden of Earthly Delights.
Live from Cadogan Hall, London.
Presented by Christopher Cook.
Nicholas Collon conducts the BCMG and London Sinfonietta Voices in music by Goehr and Knussen, and a colourful new piece by Simon Bainbridge: The Garden of Earthly Delights.
Linked Ophelia pieces by Oliver Knussen, 60 this year, follow Alexander Goehr's reflection on Bach's compositional procedures, which Knussen himself premiered, wearing his conductor's hat.
Also born in 1952, Simon Bainbridge has developed a darker, less mercurial kind of idiom. Inspired by Hieronymus Bosch's extraordinary triptych, his eagerly awaited new work is a labyrinthine journey featuring mezzo-soprano and counter-tenor as well as a narrator.
Alexander Goehr: ... a musical offering (J. S. B. 1985)...
Oliver Knussen: Ophelia Dances
Oliver Knussen: Ophelia's Last Dance
Simon Bainbridge: The Garden of Earthly Delights (麻豆社 commission: world premiere)
Huw Watkins (piano)
Lucy Schaufer (mezzo-soprano)
Andrew Watts (counter-tenor)
Samuel West (narrator)
London Sinfonietta Voices
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Nicholas Collon (Conductor).
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- Sat 18 Aug 2012 15:00麻豆社 Radio 3
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